Publications by authors named "A Brunskill"

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  • A systematic review and meta-analysis investigated how formal and traditional dance might benefit cognition and mental health (depression and anxiety) in older adults aged 60 and above, particularly those with mild cognitive impairment.
  • The review included 17 randomized control trials, with 13 providing data for the meta-analysis, showing a significant but small improvement in cognitive function (effect size g = 0.27) and a moderate improvement in depression (g = 0.43) due to dance interventions.
  • Although the findings highlight the potential of dance to enhance cognitive abilities and reduce depression in seniors, more research is needed on its effects on anxiety.
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Purpose: The purpose of this systematic review of the literature is to build understanding of the key elements and recommendations for the design of mHealth technology for individuals using wheelchairs and/or scooters and identify key features associated with the use of mHealth to support healthy behaviour changes for this population.

Materials And Methods: Eight major electronic databases were systematically searched to identify mobile health (mHealth) interventions, which targeted adult WC/S users. Independent reviewers used Endnote and Covidence to manage articles meeting review criteria and to exclude duplicates.

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Background: The social determinants of health (SDOH) are the focus of an exponentially increasing number of publications, including evidence syntheses. However, there is not an established standard for searching for SDOH literature. This study seeks to identify published evidence syntheses pertaining to the SDOH, analyzing the search strategies used and the studies included within these reviews.

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In this study, dry dispersion laser diffraction was used to study the dispersibility of spheronized agglomerate formulations and identify geometric particle size metrics that correlated well with aerodynamic particle size distribution (APSD). Eleven unique batches of agglomerates were prepared for both laser diffraction and cascade impaction testing. Correlations between the particle size distribution (PSD) and aerodynamic particle size distribution (APSD) metrics for the eleven agglomerate batches were determined in a semi-empirical manner.

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A rare example of crystal form-dependent, gamma radiation-induced degradation is presented. Islatravir is known to exist in several polymorphic forms, but only one of these forms shows the generation of a specific dimer degradation product under gamma irradiation. Extended gamma irradiation studies demonstrated that only one of the known crystalline forms shows an appreciable rate of dimer formation.

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